From Sussex Community College (formerly Don Bosco College) in Newton, located
at the intersection of Routes 519 and 622, take Route 622 west to the east side
of Paulins Kill Lake.

Drive 2.3 miles on Route 622 and turn left into a parking area. Another
0.4 of a mile west brings one to the parking area for the Paulinskill Valley
Trail. There is a road on the other side of this parking area. From
Route 622, one can turn right on this road and drive 0.4 of a mile to a parking
area on the left.

From the above parking area one can drive 0.5 of a mile up the road, turn
left, drive through the tunnel and then turn right into another parking area.
From here down the road about 0.1 of a mile there is another parking area. (This
latter one is very beautiful because it is surrounded by water on two sides.

There is a parking area for fishing access 0.1 of a mile west of the parking
area for the Paulinskill Valley Trail

Trails:

The Paulinskill Valley Trail heads north parallel to the eastern side of the
Paulinskill Lake.

Accessible from the Paulinskill Valley Trail near Swartswood Junction is an
unimproved one-mile section of the old abandoned New York, Susquehanna, and
Western Railroad.

7/10/04. Rosemary and I parked at the lot off Junction Road. We
bushwhacked our way through the field (with lots of thorny plants) and then had
to bushwhack our way through the woods to Paulins Kill Lake. It is really
hard to move around this area so we did not get far spatially. We returned
to the car.

We then parked by the parking lot in the northwest corner of the WMA.
This is a very beautiful area. It reminds me of a similar area at
Bashakill in New York. The road has open water on the south side and a
large marsh on the other. We enjoyed taking our time and soaking in the
beauty of the place. Lots of water plants in bloom, as one would imagine.